Windows

Windblown Overthrown by the torments of the prevailing winds The weather outside causes daylight to dim Yet you're trying to find a safe haven or shelter But no one can protect you from the imminent twister You shut yourself away from the rest of the world Trapped behind bars until your future unfurls They say that love can save you from falling too deep Your secrets percolate and blood begins to seep You can't ensconce forever from the fate of the rising sun Or prevent something that's already begun

Why do you always keep your windows closed? Hiding away from everyone you know Open up the stitches of your fractured soul Pick up the pieces that were once eternally whole You can't find your way home When your lonely heart struggles to roam

Why do you always cry onto your pillow? Droplets of rue cascade like weeping willows Open your eyes before falling from grace Dry your tears descending down on your face When your lonely heart struggles to roam Find your inner light to guide you home

Explosions Your emotions are beginning to weaken from bombardment While you're enclosed in a small and nebulous compartment Yet nobody can hear your internal frustration But the silent screams in your mind reveal intense exasperation Now you desire for someone to heal your blistered cicatrix Portraying yourself as an isolated enchantress I see your handprints fading on a inumbrated, forbidden door Bleeding hearts cast shadows into my indestructible core You can't breathe the oxygen in a intoxicated city It's time to free yourself from your padlocked sanctuary

Why do you always keep your windows closed? Hiding away from everyone you know Open up the stitches of your fractured soul Pick up the pieces that were once eternally whole You can't find your way home When your lonely heart struggles to roam

Why do you always cry onto your pillow? Droplets of rue cascade like weeping willows Open your eyes before falling from grace Dry your tears descending down on your face When your lonely heart struggles to roam Find your inner light to guide you home

I can sense the essence of your cold sweat As I unlock the entrance to an unbroken paradise On the wall, I can see your dancing silhouette Thanking me for a second chance at a better life The world will shake, your windows will break But this time you're not alone

Why do you always keep your windows closed? Hiding away from everyone you know Open up the stitches of your fractured soul Pick up the pieces that were once eternally whole You can't find your way home When your lonely heart struggles to roam

Why do you always cry onto your pillow? Droplets of rue cascade like weeping willows Open your eyes before falling from grace Dry your tears descending down on your face When your lonely heart struggles to roam I'll be your inner light to guide you home

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